Jake Bentley: QB · South Alabama · #13.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jake Bentley
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. The six seasons span three programs and three head coaches: Will Muschamp, Kyle Whittingham and Kane Wommack. The first career honor came in 2021: Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week. On tape: 389 passing yards and 8 rushing yards against Georgia Southern, Week 7, 2021.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
70.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 33.3% conversion-per-dropback — 47.6% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (8.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Alabama | 212 | 303 | 70.0% | 2,476 | 8.2 | 17 | 8 | 151.8 | 63 |
| 2020 | Utah | 77 | 124 | 62.1% | 882 | 7.1 | 6 | 6 | 128.1 | 50 |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 16 | 30 | 53.3% | 142 | 4.7 | 1 | 2 | 90.8 | -- |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 240 | 388 | 61.9% | 3,171 | 8.2 | 27 | 14 | 146.3 | 68 |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 245 | 394 | 62.2% | 2,794 | 7.1 | 18 | 12 | 130.7 | 52 |
| 2016 | South Carolina | 125 | 190 | 65.8% | 1,420 | 7.5 | 9 | 4 | 140.0 | 41 |
| Career | 915 | 1,429 | 64.0% | 10,885 | 7.6 | 78 | 46 | 139.6 | 56 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Alabama | 47 | −8 | −0.2 | 4 | 14 |
| 2020 | Utah | 34 | 113 | 3.3 | 1 | 33 |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 6 | −5 | −0.8 | 0 | 9 |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 64 | 88 | 1.4 | 2 | 22 |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 73 | 85 | 1.2 | 6 | 24 |
| 2016 | South Carolina | 50 | −15 | −0.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Career | 274 | 258 | 0.9 | 13 | 33 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Southern Miss | 17/22 | 269 | 2 | 0 | 12.2 | 87.7 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 2 | W 22-19@ Bowling Green | 29/46 | 257 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 45.1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-21vs Alcorn State | 14/25 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 22.7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 18-20vs Louisiana | 19/29 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 60.9 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-33@ Texas State | 19/26 | 189 | 2 | 1 | 7.3 | 66.6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-14vs Georgia Southern | 24/31 | 389 | 3 | 0 | 12.5 | 95.7 | Season-high 389 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 31-41@ UL Monroe | 30/41 | 320 | 4 | 2 | 7.8 | 79.1 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 31-13vs Arkansas State | 29/39 | 248 | 4 | 1 | 6.4 | 72.2 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | L 24-31@ Troy | 3/3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 99.4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-27vs Coastal Carolina | 28/41 | 354 | 2 | 3 | 8.6 | 61.2 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Total | 212/303 | 2476 | 17 | 8 | 8.2 | — |
Week 7 · 2021
W 41-14
389 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.7
Dominant 27-point win at home against Georgia Southern.
With J. Tolbert — 11 rec · 174 yds · 1 TD · J. Brooks — 36.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 46 long
The plays that mattered most
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 277 | 1.8 | 9.1 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 204 | 1.5 | 9.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 251 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 243 | 2.5 | 9.8 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kane Wommack
Pass share
48.3%
407 pass / 435 run
Plays / game
70.2
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
303 pass attempts and 47 carries in 10 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #79 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at South Carolina, Utah and South Alabama, 10,885 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Will Muschamp, Kyle Whittingham and Kane Wommack.
